does using limewire damage your computer ?
2007-12-06 07:47:23 · 5 answers · asked by Poj23 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Limewire if full of viruses & spyware.
No antivirus or antispyware protection is perfect but a good mixture of the two will help you clean your system and hopefully keep it clean.
First of all update and run your own anti virus & anti spyware applications.
Next download, update and run a full scan using the following product:
http://www.superantispyware.com/
SuperAntiSpyware will remove the majority of difficult Trojans not just the easy ones.
If possible it is recommended that you load the application in normal mode but run it in Safe Mode. Safe Mode can be started by continually pressing F8 during the boot sequence. However, if you are badly infected you might need to run SuperAntiSpyware more than once to help clean your system. If the only infections now being shown are in System Restore, once you are completely satisfied that you can boot normally, you can either delete the infected restore points manually, or temporarily turn off System Restore.
In addition I suggest you download, update & run Avira. Unlike a lot of the free antivirus applications this will give you real time protection and is very quick to load at boot up.
http://www.avira.com
Assuming you have some real awkward infections and the suggestions above failed to finally clean your system I suggest you download a Smitfraud removal program from:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/desktop_software/desktop_security/smitfraudfix.cfm
Again if possible run in Safe Mode.
Be advised that some infections will corrupt or disable your resident security products so for completeness I have listed a few online scans that may help you:
Norton - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/defau...
Panda - http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/Ac...
Trend - http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Good luck & safe surfing.
wdw
2007-12-06 07:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by Who Dares Wins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if I have gotten any viruses or spyware from the use of LimeWire, but I guess it's possible.
Like said before, a good anti-virus program, as well as an adaware program would help you if you did.
2007-12-06 07:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jamie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um Limewire will kill your computer with virus and spyware
2007-12-06 08:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by countyourblessingss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I ought to tell the fact I even have an unlawful downloading music website, yet some days later I have been given a plague and porn photos arise on my pc. So now my pc has a plague till i'm getting a clean one. I additionally consider you with regard to the it is not honest to the artists. yet what in case you in uncomplicated terms cherished certainly one of there songs and all the others the place bull crap. so which you will desire to acquire that one music and placed it one your ipod. Are for some poeple all their fave artists cd are too severe for them and that they won't aford it on the 2d. Like Chris Brown i might so get his cd(which i already have been given) and placed the songs on my ipod. yet snoop dogs i would not choose his cd so i might merely placed dat one music on there. I wish i might have knowen that it brought about heavy virues.
2016-10-01 00:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of the files on there can be dodgy, my advice is to just scan anything you download before you open it. (Make sure you have a decent, up to date Anti Virus + Anti Spyware.)
2007-12-06 07:51:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋